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TopicDescription Event PageRecordingSlidesDate
Your Path to Recognition: The Strategic Value of Awards in Academic Careers - Session 2This two-part webinar series explored how academic awards and honors can serve as powerful tools for career advancement, visibility, and institutional impact.Event PageRecording2025-10-28
Your Path to Recognition: The Strategic Value of Awards in Academic Careers - Session 1This two-part webinar series explored how academic awards and honors can serve as powerful tools for career advancement, visibility, and institutional impact.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-10-15
Engaging with ARPA-HIn this webinar, colleagues with experience in applying for and receiving ARPA-H awards and engaging with ARPA-H program officials shared their insights on how ARPA-H compares and contrasts with other research sponsors.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-10-06
Funding Opportunity Discovery with PivotThe session introduced Pivot-RP as a powerful funding search tool for the UIC community, offering newcomers the basics to begin their grant-seeking journey and providing advanced tips to experienced users for maximizing the platform’s features.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-09-15
Spotlight: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)In this session, researchers learned directly from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) program staff how to partner with the institute to improve patients’ lives through funds patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). Event PageRecordingSlides2025-07-28
Positioning for Competitiveness in a Challenging EnvironmentThis webinar provided insights on how to continue to build your scholarly identity/brand, connect with potential new partners, advance in new research directions, pivot to alternate funding sources and network more intentionally and strategically with both academic and nonacademic stakeholders. Event PageRecordingSlides2025-06-24
Navigating the NSF CAREER Award: Strategies, Insights, and Federal Trends – Session 2In this panel discussion, recent NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program awardees and program managers shared thoughts on crafting research and education plans, defining broader impacts, finding mentors and the importance of persistence. Awardees shared their experiences in developing their proposals and securing the grant. Event PageRecording2025-06-11
Navigating the NSF CAREER Award: Strategies, Insights, and Federal Trends – Session 1This webinar introduced early-career faculty to the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program and provided advice for developing strong, competitive proposals.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-05-21
“Where Can I Look for Private Sector Research Funding?”: Understanding How to Work Effectively with the UIC Corporate and Foundation Relations Office
[Session 2 - Applied Health Sciences; Dentistry; Engineering; Nursing; Pharmacy; Public Health; Social Work]		In this webinar, representatives from the UIC Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team advised faculty on how to navigate the private philanthropic sector and identify the internal resources that are available to support these efforts.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-04-24
“Where Can I Look for Private Sector Research Funding?”: Understanding How to Work Effectively with the UIC Corporate and Foundation Relations Office
[Session 1 - Architecture, Design and the Arts (CADA); Business; Education; Engineering; Law; Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS); Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA)]		In this webinar, representatives from the UIC Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team advised faculty on how to navigate the private philanthropic sector and identify the internal resources that are available to support these efforts.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-04-22
Department of Defense Support for American Innovation: From Past Paradigms to Current Opportunities for University ResearchThis webinar, presented by the Frontier Mission Network, provided the history of DoD/Industry/University research engagement and highlighted new engagement opportunities on the near horizon in 2025.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-04-16
DOD FY 2026 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Information SessionThis session introduced the Department of Defense (DOD) FY 2026 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), which supports revolutionary, interdisciplinary research projects at U.S. universities that will help advance defense-related science and technology.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-04-03
DARPA DSO FY 2025 Young Faculty Award Information SessionThis webinar introduced the DARPA Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Young Faculty Award (YFA) for Fiscal Year 2025. This program identifies and supports rising stars in junior research positions, providing funding to early-career researchers tackling pressing national security issues.Event PageRecordingSlides2025-01-07
Resources for Environmental and Biological Research at Argonne’s Advanced Photon SourceThis session explored the scope of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research (BER) portfolio and the resources available through the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the Argonne National Laboratory.Event Page2024-04-25
Sponsor Spotlight: Chicago Biomedical ConsortiumThis webinar showcased the Chicago Biomedical Consortium’s programs, including the Entrepreneurial Fellows Award, which helps early-career researchers develop skills and connections to translate life sciences research into commercial applications.Event PageRecordingSlides2024-03-26
Innovate with the Department of Homeland Security: Funding and Research Opportunities for AcademicsThis webinar introduced UIC faculty, students, and researchers to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology programs, highlighting funding, research, and internship opportunities, as well as pathways to propose innovative ideas and translate federally-funded technologies to market.Event PageRecordingSlides2024-03-13
Navigating the Review Process: Setting Your Proposal Up for SuccessThis panel discussion explored how proposal review processes differ across public and private sponsors, offering UIC researchers insights into funder priorities and strategies to align proposals for greater success in securing extramural funding.Event PageRecordingSlides2024-01-12
Sponsor Spotlight: The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationThis webinar highlighted UIC faculty experiences with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, offering insights on engaging with the foundation, navigating its priorities, and securing funding to support research and initiatives in the arts, humanities, and social justice.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-10-03
Funding Opportunity Discovery with PivotThe session introduced Pivot-RP as a powerful funding search tool for the UIC community, offering newcomers the basics to begin their grant-seeking journey and providing advanced tips to experienced users for maximizing the platform’s features.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-08-31
Expanding Your National Institutes of Health (NIH) Portfolio with Administrative SupplementsThis presentation provided UIC faculty and postdoctoral researchers with an overview of NIH administrative supplements, including types of supplements, NIH’s goals for using them, and guidance on securing additional funding to support personnel or expand research projects.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-08-02
Campus Resources for Industry Research ConnectionsThis webinar introduced UIC resources for faculty to explore industry partnerships, providing guidance on funding, collaboration, and technology transfer opportunities to advance research and accelerate adoption of research products.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-06-22
Federal Programs to Support Environmental Sustainability ResearchThis webinar provided UIC faculty with an overview of federal funding opportunities for climate, environmental science, sustainability, and environmental justice research, offering guidance on agency priorities, program timing, and strategies for engaging with program managers.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-05-15
New Opportunities through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)This webinar provided an overview of ARPA-H, its priorities, and funding approach, highlighting differences from agencies like NIH and offering guidance for researchers on competing for high-risk, high-reward biomedical research funding.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-04-20
Sponsor Spotlight: Department of JusticeThis webinar introduced UIC faculty to Department of Justice funding opportunities, strategies for successful proposals, and featured faculty grantees sharing their experiences, providing guidance for researchers across justice-related disciplines.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-03-14
Sponsor Spotlight: William T. Grant FoundationThis webinar showcased experiences from UIC faculty who received funding from the William T. Grant Foundation, providing insights on positioning research to reduce youth inequality and effectively partner with the foundation across disciplines.Event PageRecordingSlides2023-02-01
Sponsor Spotlight: Department of DefenseThis webinar introduced UIC faculty to Department of Defense research and development programs, funding opportunities, and strategies for engaging with DOD agencies to successfully compete for research support.Event PageRecordingSlides2022-11-30
Funding Opportunity Discovery with PivotThis session introduced UIC researchers to Pivot-RP, a comprehensive online tool for discovering diverse funding opportunities, and provided both foundational guidance for new users and advanced tips for experienced users to enhance their grant-seeking efforts.Event PageRecordingSlides2022-10-18
Federal Programs to Support Early Career ResearchersFederal Programs to Support Early Career ResearchersEvent PageRecordingSlides2022-09-28
Introduction to Hanover ResearchHanover Research introduced UIC investigators to its grant development services, outlining faculty support in funding research, proposal development, and competitiveness, while also showcasing digital resources such as the Grants Learning Center, funding alerts, and webinars.Event PageRecordingSlides2022-08-17
Sponsor Spotlight: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationThis webinar provided UIC Health Sciences faculty with an overview of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s funding priorities, examples of funded projects, and guidance on aligning research, particularly in health equity, racial justice, and healthcare systems with RWJF opportunities.Event PageRecordingSlides2022-07-26
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Strategic DirectionsNational Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Strategic DirectionsEvent PageRecordingSlides2022-06-23
Chicago Foundations Roundtable: How Universities & Philanthropy Advance Collective ImpactThis webinar featured a discussion with Chicagoland foundation representatives, offering UIC faculty insights into local funders’ priorities, the types of initiatives they support, and best practices for building strong university–foundation partnerships.Event PageRecordingSlides2022-05-09
The Arts and Humanities Research Funding LandscapeThis webinar highlighted external funding opportunities for Arts and Humanities research, offering faculty insights into federal agencies, foundations, and organizations that support the field, along with guidance on how best to approach potential funders.Event PageRecordingSlides2022-03-30
Funding 101: Fundamentals of Foundation FundingKevin Beck offered an overview of the foundation funding landscape, sharing strategies for engaging with corporate and independent foundations, examples of recent grants, and resources available to help faculty secure research support.Event PageRecordingSlides2021-12-13
Funding 101: Private-Sector Research CollaborationsDr. Alan Koncarevic provided an overview of the motivations and mechanisms behind industry–academia collaborations, highlighted opportunities and challenges in forming partnerships, and shared guidance for faculty seeking private-sector funding and building relationships with funders.Event PageSlides2021-11-17
Federal Agency 101: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, EducationLewis-Burke Associates LLC shared updates on federal priorities and highlight funding opportunities across humanities, arts, social sciences, and education, guiding faculty on how to navigate and secure grants from federal agencies.Event PageSlides2021-10-18
Federal Agency 101: STEM FieldsLewis-Burke Associates LLC provided insights into federal agency priorities, emerging funding opportunities, and strategies for early to mid-career faculty to successfully pursue grants.Event Page2021-10-04